Joins Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard in Fox Searchlight thriller

Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Prods. banner is producing the pic, which was written by Marling and Batmanglij.

Story concerns a private contracting firm tasked with protecting big corporations from radical environmentalists and anti-business extremists, with its agents tasked with infiltrating a mysterious anarchist org known only as the East.

Marling stars as the undercover agent, who finds herself falling for the leader of the East (Skarsgard). Page will play Izzy, a member of the East who used to be Skarsgard’s lover and is now jealous of the attention he pays Marling’s character.

Felicity Jones was originally attached to play Izzy but press commitments for “Like Crazy” forced her to drop out of the project, which is being produced by Michael Costigan, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson and Marling. Production starts Nov. 1.